Shawn Kemp vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama and Shawn Kemp, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 12 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Shawn Kemp	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
difference:	+10	+15.9	+14.9	+0.5	+5.9	+6.3	+3.6	+0.6	+2.7	-2.4	-0.3	+5.3	+11.5	+.014	+1.8	+5.4	+.158	+2.7	+3.2	+.060
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Shawn Kemp	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1990-91	2024-25
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661
difference:	+35	+3.1	+9.3	+1.5	+4.1	+2.6	+1.9	+0.1	+2.3	-0.7	-1.6	+3.2	+7.4	+.032	+3.1	+8.7	+.185	+0.2	+1.3	+.175
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815
Victor Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Shawn Kemp played 12 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 14, from 1992 to 2003—Shawn Kemp played in 9 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Shawn Kemp got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game